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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hjþ Lv 4VIII (HjǪ 7)/8 — sem ‘as’

Kantu mjúkligar,         mær in harðleita,
leika at hrækerti         en hölðar aðrir sex.
Sel þú mér sárloga         sveipinn orms dýnu;
fús em ek fljóð at kyssa;         fer sem má jöfri.

In harðleita mær, kantu leika at hrækerti mjúkligar en sex aðrir hölðar. Sel þú mér sárloga sveipinn dýnu orms; ek em fús at kyssa fljóð; fer jöfri sem má.

Hard-faced girl, you know how to play with the corpse-candle [SWORD] more nimbly than six other champions. Give me the wound-flame [SWORD], wrapped in the eiderdown of the serpent [GOLD]; I am eager to kiss the woman; let it go as it may with the prince [me].

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